I’m talking about the one for the 3rd Congressional District in Long Island Jazz touched on earlier, between the registered Democrat but Republican nominee Mazi Pilip and her challenger, Democrat Tom Suozzi.
Only in New York, right? Like Santos wasn’t trippy enough.
Throughout their campaigns for the seat, there had already been a sense of distance carefully cultivated between the candidates and the titular heads of the parties they represent. Running to fill the Santos vacancy was going to be hard and expensive enough. Neither one wanted deeply unpopular national figures coming in “to help.”
“Thanks, but no thanks” has been the message until just recently.
The race to replace former Rep. George Santos in suburban Long Island appears to be a harbinger of the national mood in a presidential election year.
But the two main characters in the nation’s political story are too unpopular to…
